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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6469746 | Multi-vision screen adapter The present invention discloses a multi-vision screen display device which has a plurality of processing units each assigned to a subscreen of a display screen. The processing unit processes to display an input image on a display area which is the subscre... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6388702 | Endoscope for recording and displaying time-serial image An image recording apparatus which includes a time-serial image recording arrangement for recording time-serial images of an object. The apparatus also includes an outputting arrangement capable of outputting an image information data of at least a part o... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6339392 | Gate for radar-mounted vehicle, having partition walls not grouped or detected by radar apparatus A gate such as a tollgate in an expressway for radar-mounted vehicles is disclosed, by which an erroneous operation of the mounted radar apparatus can be prevented and through which the radar-mounted vehicles can smoothly pass. The gate includes two parti... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6329087 | Wafer for magnetic head and magnetic head A wafer includes an insulating layer provided on a wafer substrate and formed of a film composition represented by a formula, Al--N.sub.(1-x) --Ox (wherein 0.05ࣘ×ࣘ0.8). There is provided a wafer for a magnetic head as well as a magnetic head ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6326087 | Rare earth metal-based permanent magnet, and process for producing the same A rare earth metal-based permanent magnet has a metal oxide film formed on the surface thereof by a sol-gel coating process. The rare earth metal-based permanent magnet is produced by forming a metal oxide film on the surface thereof by a sol-gel coating ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6312572 | Electrolyzer The present invention provides an ion exchange membrane type electrolyzer, which comprises electrodes at opposed positions via an ion exchange membrane, spacers are mounted in dot-like arrangement on openings of electrode surface to maintain spacing betwe... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6313244 | Surface active agent containing fluorine and coating compositions using the same The invention provides a surface active agent containing fluorine, which is a copolymer composed of several ethylenic unsaturated monomers containing a fluorinated alkyl group, a silicone chain, and a polyoxyalkylene group, and the surface loss energy of ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6305761 | Traction control system for vehicle An improved traction control system for a vehicle which ensures that when a driver has performed a voluntary operation to reduce the driven wheel speed during carrying-out of a traction control, a deceleration greater than required is avoided, thereby avo... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6295179 | Library system communication and control arrangement A library system in which a recording and reproducing unit loads a recording medium after an accessor has retired from the recording and reproducing unit by exchanging data between the recording and reproducing unit and the accessor on the occasion that t... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6293423 | Cap-member A locking structure of a cap-member to a cylindrical body, being capable of giving sufficient resilience to a locking arm formed on the cap-member, is provided, which consists of: a resilient locking arm provided on a peripheral wall of the cap-member in ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6292649 | Continuous medium printing apparatus The invention provides a continuous medium printing apparatus which can exert a transporting force to act upon a continuous medium without additional provision of a new tractor mechanism or some other transport mechanism. In the continuous medium printing... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289186 | Image forming apparatus Upon restarting a printer, current is fed to a charge roller for charging a transfer belt, a drum charger for charging a photosensitive drum and a developing unit for developing a latent image on the photosensitive drum, while prohibiting current feed to ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6285045 | Semiconductor device with self-aligned contact and its manufacture A semiconductor memory device comprising: a first insulating film covering the upper and side surfaces of a gate electrode; a second insulating film formed on the substrate covering the first insulating film; a pair of contact holes formed through the sec... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6283673 | Method of protecting coastal land from rise of surface of the sea A system for protecting a coastal land from a rise of the surface of the sea, wherein offshore dams and caissons containing pump-turbines are provided in such a manner that the caissons and dams extend in parallel with the coastline of the land. Partition... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6279965 | Pipe joint A pipe joint is provided whereby fluid pipelines, such as exhaust pipes, or the like, can be connected hermetically, in such a manner that the relative angle therebetween can vary, while ensuring satisfactory manufacturing precision of the sealing surface... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6281519 | Quantum semiconductor memory device including quantum dots A quantum semiconductor memory device includes a quantum structure formed on a substrate, wherein the quantum structure includes a plurality of self-organized quantum dots forming a strained heteroepitaxial system with respect to the substrate and an accu... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6257591 | Metal gasket and process for manufacturing the same A metal gasket comprising a least one gasket sheet, wherein a hardness lowering region having a locally lowered hardness is formed in the gasket sheet in at least either a portion to be set to have a large elongation or a portion to be lowered in a spring... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6258483 | Method for manufacturing positive pole active material for alkaline secondary battery, paste nickel pole, and alkaline secondary battery and method for manufacturing thereof There is provided a method of producing an active material of a positive electrode used for an alkaline secondary battery which is difficult to be oxidized, and high in its reactivity with an alkaline electrolyte to form a cobalt electric conductive matri... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6257931 | Shielded connector A shielded connector having a rear opening for putting a shielded wire through is provided with a shielding terminal that is capable of being closed about the wire at the rear opening so as to improve the electrical shield. The shielded connector includes... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6257108 | Work transfer method and apparatus in machine tool with movable spindle and machining system In a work transfer method in a machine tool with a movable spindle, a machined work transfer portion for laying a machined work on a first pallet and for transferring the work is disposed in an upper stage or a lower stage of a non-machined work transfer ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6250643 | Damper plate and method for producing thereof There are disclosed a damper plate for a rotary machine and a method for producing thereof which makes it possible to produce a honeycomb-type damper plate with accurate dimensions and reasonable cost. In the method for producing a damper plate for sealin... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6249013 | Microwave-millimeter wave circuit device and method for manufacturing the same A microwave-millimeter wave circuit device with a coplanar wiring includes a dielectric substrate having a dielectric region, a ground conductor connecting wiring and circuit elements formed on the dielectric substrate, a wiring electrically connected to ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6248672 | Method of producing a semiconductor device in a heating furnace having a reaction tube with a temperature-equalizing zone In a method for producing a semiconductor device using a dual tube reactor, inert gas is fed into the vertical reaction-tube, a reaction gas is introduced into the vertical reaction-tube, the inert gas is exhausted through the annular channel formed betwe... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6246931 | Method of and apparatus for determining optimum delivery route for articles A delivery route for an article is automatically generated without the need for training a delivery robot for its path of movement. A spatial structure in which the delivery robot is movable is described from a delivery start position to a delivery destin... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6246864 | Wireless microphone use UHF band carrier FM transmitter A wireless microphone use UHF band carrier FM transmitter adopting a PLL system, which has a voltage controlled crystal oscillation type modulator (VCXO) for performing FM modulation on an oscillation frequency of a crystal oscillation circuit by an input... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6245589 | Fabrication of cooling device of a planar light source A cooling device of a laser diode array includes a stacking of a plurality of metal plate members formed with a branched groove pattern or apertures acting as a cooling water path, by a chemical etching process.... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6246961 | Collision alarm method and apparatus for vehicles A collision alarm method and apparatus for vehicles in which, in order to detect and alarm of danger of collision, the time of possible collision is calculated by a danger judgement means from optical flow. In order for an image processing means to detect... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243114 | Ink jet head providing improved printing resolution and printing speed Each of common electrode teeth 76-1, 76-2 and 76-3, and each of individual electrode teeth 77-1 and 77-2 are alternately arranged in the X1-X2 direction at predetermined intervals g. When a positive voltage is applied to the individual electrode teeth 77-... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6242327 | Compound semiconductor device having a reduced source resistance A compound semiconductor device includes a low resistance source and drain region covered by a protective layer of a compound semiconductor device carrying thereon a source electrode or a drain electrode. Further, a low resistance source and drain region ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6241011 | Layered heat exchangers A layered heat exchanger for use as a motor vehicle air conditioner evaporator comprises pairs of generally rectangular adjacent plates, which are joined together in layers with the corresponding recesses of the plates in each pair opposed to each other t... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6242808 | Semiconductor device with copper wiring and semiconductor device manufacturing method An interlayer insulation film is deposited on a substrate in which a semiconductor element has been formed. A wiring groove is formed in the interlayer insulation film. A barrier layer, made of a material which prevents the diffusion of Cu atoms, is forme... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6240541 | Interactive circuit designing apparatus which displays a result of component placement and wire routing from a layout design unit A circuit designing apparatus of an interactive type which enables a simplified and highspeed circuit design process while largely reducing a burden on a designer, having a speed analyzing unit for conducting a delay computation for each wiring path on a ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6235997 | LSI package with equal length transmission Lines An LSI package including an area for mounting an LSI device thereon and a plurality of lines for connecting the LSI device and external terminals. At least two of the plurality of lines, in which differential signals are transmitted and are adjacent to ea... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6235648 | Semiconductor device including insulation film and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor device including an insulation film superior in insulation characteristic is obtained. Boron ions are introduced by ion implantation into an organic SOG film with a silicon nitride film formed on the organic SOG film. By this boron implant... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6235547 | Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same In a semiconductor device, concave sections in which an opening area becomes small in proportion as a depth becomes deep are formed in a crystal layer, and a quantum structure is formed on at least one crystal face of a bottom section of the concave secti... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6236239 | Output buffer circuit achieving stable operation and cost reduction An output-buffer circuit includes a first output transistor connected between a first power line and an output node, a second output transistor connected between the output node and a second power line, an output-transistor control circuit which controls ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6232051 | Method for production of semiconductor devices The resist to be used for the method of this invention in producing a semiconductor device is patterned by a procedure which comprises the steps of disposing in the direction of a semiconductor wafer a first mask having circuit patterns repeatedly formed ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6231238 | Linear movement guide apparatus and method for assembling the apparatus The linear movement guide apparatus according to the invention has features that two rows of ball rolling grooves are formed on an upper surface of a tracking base and one or two rows of ball rolling grooves are formed on both side surfaces thereof, respe... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6231310 | Linear compressor A linear compressor according to the invention is for generating compressed gas and includes two pairs of pistons 608a, 608b and cylinders 607a and 607b coaxially provided and facing opposite to each other, a shaft 603 having pistons 608a and 608b at its ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6227522 | Method and implement for installation of spiral hangers for a cable There is disclosed a method of installing spiral hangers for hanging a cable on a messenger wire installed between a pair of electric utility poles. One end of a spiral hanger is first movably attached to the messenger wire in the vicinity of one of the e... | 05/08/2001 |
